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Mattia Battistini (1856-1928)

Just over five years ago EMI published their great Battistini edition ((LP) EX290790-3, 7/86), but it was evidently too good...

Reviewed in issue 2/1992

Franck: Piano Works

Franck's solo keyboard music is very difficult to play, but in none of the usual virtuoso ways. Its beautifully moulded...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1989

Neuwirth Bahlamms Fest

Olga Neuwirth has lately emerged among the most uncompromising younger European composers – nowhere more so than in Bählamms Fest...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 6/2004

Schumann Carnaval; Kreisleriana; Arabeske

Liszt’s performance of Carnaval led Schumann to say that he ‘failed to take into consideration that the musical moods change...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 1/2005

Symphony for the Spire

One is asked here to pay something in the region of £25·00 for a pair of CDs that essentially commemorate...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1992

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

Unusually so for a Munch performance, this 1962 Pathetique lacks something in sheer dynamism and emotional ardour. With the great...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1993

Schumann Complete Symphonies, etc

Sound-wise, Haitink's Schumann is all spring blossoms and rich oils; a luminous, warm-centred production greatly aided by a generous acoustic...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Dupré Organ Works, Volume 2

Although it has taken almost 12 years for this second volume in John Scott’s survey of Dupre’s organ music to...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 13/1998

Rossini Opera Arias and Sinfonias

María Bayo is a soprano of taste and intelligence whose recorded repertory ranges from Cavalli to Canteloube with some fairly...

Reviewed in issue 2/2002

Kramár & Rossini Works for clarinet and orchestra

Michael Stegemann, in his note, makes a claim for Krommer being in his clarinet works more than ''a prolific producer...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1989

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